Philip Seymour Hoffman Quotes

The road to sobriety is not easy and rehabilitation and the recovery process are not to be taken lightly.

When I got sober, that was 1990.

Rehab is like a divorce.

I got sober for good on December 7, 2008.

I got sober at age forty-two.

I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped.

I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home.

It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great.

I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.

I just think my body can't handle it any more. I did try a little drink a while back, and I was actually physically ill. I went into an immediate depression, and felt awful, just dreadful. So that's it. I'm over it now.

I'm part of AA. I have a sponsor. I have great, great friends who I love and who love me.

When I became sober, I was 27 and struggling as an artist.

I can't emphasise enough how grateful I am to have come upon sobriety.

We need to do a much better job when people are addicted to take them through treatment and recovery.

I'm clean and sober.

Why is it a badge of honour to say you spent 15 years in AA ball?

I'm very proud of my sobriety now.

Oh my God, I love rehab! I highly recommend it.

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.

I do not understand rehab. If it works for people, then God bless them.

I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.

Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.

When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right?

I am a recovering alcoholic.

But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to.